If Shakespeare kills off Hamlet, it would be for one of two reasons: to create a sense of tragedy and pathos, or to bring the play to a satisfying and fitting conclusion.
If he killed off Hamlet because he wanted to create a sense of tragedy and pathos, he would do so by having Hamlet’s death be senseless and tragic. It is only through this kind of senseless death that we can truly see how fragile life is, and how quickly it can be taken away from us.
Alternatively, if Shakespeare killed off Hamlet because he wanted to bring the play to a satisfying and fitting conclusion, he would do so by showing us that Hamlet’s death was both inevitable (as we know that Shakespeare always kills off his main character) and necessary (as it represents the end of an era).
